Regent

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–noun 

1. a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom 

during 

the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.  



2. a ruler or governor. 

3. a member of the governing board of a state university or a state educational system. 

4. a university officer who exercises general supervision over the conduct and welfare of the students. 

5. (in certain Catholic universities) a member of the religious order who is associated in the administration of a school or college with a layperson (門外漢) who is its dean or director.  



–adjective 

6. acting as regent of a country; exercising ruling authority in behalf of a sovereign during his or her minority, absence, or disability (usually used postpositively): 



a prince regent.  





　

With such a legendary character as Hindley in the movie, it's tempting -- especially for viewers familiar with the case -- to expect her rather than Longford to become the principal character. But as in "The Queen," in which 



two totally different characters are juxtaposed

and finally [form] a kind of understanding, 



it's the title one who slowly [gains] the ascendancy. However, whereas in "The Queen" the young Tony Blair is shown to



learn and profit from the elder regent's experience, 



the young Hindley essentially proves the downfall of her elder during their 30 years' on-and-off acquaintance.





colossal 

mogul magnate czar tycoon

prexy



despot vassal

villein

a serf in [feudalism]

paean 

is [at] some level a [paean] of [praise] [to] the fortitude and moral courage that 

[paeon] a prosodic foot in verse - ---

[peon] social have-nots

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